Birds Fastpitch Off-season

HHS Fastpitch Tryout Signups!!!

For grades 5th - 12th

Signups will be this Wednesday, Oct 31st in the high school cafe immediately after school.

We will have forms to fill out for the fitness training also. The girls will be able to take the forms home, but we ask that anyone interested make sure to get back to us ASAP. The fitness training will be starting very soon.

Skills Training

Skills training will start next Monday, November 5th. Training will be on Mondays and Thursdays from 6pm-8pm on those days.

Fitness Training

Highlands softball is happy to announce we have acquired a personal trainer to provide on site workouts for our softball team at a very discounted price. These sessions will focus on core strength, speed and agility for our girls and will be tailored to Fastpitch Softball.

• Sessions will be twice a week starting in mid-November and running thru the middle of February.

• Days will most likely be Monday and Thursdays.

• Cost will be $30 per month ($3.75 per session @ 8 sessions per month/sessions are usually around $10 per session). Payments can be month to month or paid upfront for all 3 months.

        o Pay $30 each month plus assessment fee.

        o Pay $90 plus assessment fee and have no payments for all sessions.

• There is a one-time assessment fee (Approximately $20) which is for the testing and management of the results. Your daughter’s results will be shared with her at the end of our sessions.

• We have purchased brand new fitness equipment specifically for these sessions.


If you’re interested, please email me to hold a spot. Spots will be limited.

Need response by Wednesday November 7th.

Rob.coffey@fortthomas.kyschools.us


Go Birds!!

There is a new era in softball starting at Highlands for the 2013 season!

Whether you are a player, parent, parent of a future Bluebird star or just interested in Highlands sports, we invite you to join us for our “Meet the Coaches” night at Highlands.

·         You will hear new head coach Rob Coffey’s vision for the future of the program.

·         Get information about their plans for instructional camps, clinics and the introductions of the new “Baby Birds” program.

·         Hear updates on field improvements

·         And the official introduction of the Softball Parents Association (SPA).

The meeting is scheduled for October 8^th at 7pm in the Cafe of the high school.

Drinks and snacks will be provided.

End of Summer update

Thanks to all the girls who participated in both the summer league and the Thursday practices.  I hope both were worthwhile experiences and helped you stay in touch with softball and work on your skills.  As I told several of the girls last week, I can see a noticeable improvement in a number of things.  I hope to be able to expand on this program next year.

As I told the girls, last week was the last of our summer practices.  With school starting this week, I decided now would be a good time for a break.  The school has not yet made a decision on the coaching staff for 2013, but hopefully that will happen soon.  Look for further information in early September. 

Good luck in the new school year and keep your grades up!!

Thursday "Open" Practice

We will have voluntary "open" practices each Thursday night in Death Valley at 7:00 until school starts.  Please feel free to pass this information along to anyone from last year's team or who might be interested in playing next year.  Any questions, contact me via email mhorner@us.ibm.com